Although the onshore Seria field was discovered in 1929, it wasn’t until the 1960s that Brunei became a major player in oil and gas thanks to advances in offshore exploration. Following the opening of the…
Read MoreChassis 87455 was a UK market F40 supplied through Ferrari’s British distributor, Maranello Concessionnaires, in Egham, Surrey. Registered H380 JPA during December 1990, the F40’s first…
Read MoreChassis 1120054 was a left-hand drive Countach LP400 signed off on February 14th 1975 and dispatched to the SEA Auto dealership in Rome. The handsome Tahiti Blue over Naturale Countach…
Read MoreChassis 141 was one of two Porsche 962s raced by Jochen Dauer in 1989 (the other having been chassis 133). 141 joined Dauer’s stable in the middle of the year at which point it became the team’s…
Read MoreOwing to the complexities of painting advanced composite panels, Ferrari elected to offer the 288 GTO exclusively in Rosso Corsa which was a shame as the Pininfarina-styled machine would have…
Read MoreBetween the late 1980s and early 2000s, the Brunei Royal Family purchased over 200 cars from Ferrari, many of which were dispatched to Pininfarina where they were converted into all manner of…
Read MoreChassis RLA12122 was the 122nd Diablo SE30 built and one of 18 in right-hand drive. Completed on June 26th 1995, it was configured in Giallo with Nero / Giallo full leather upholstery and custom…
Read MoreCompleted at the Michelotto works in December 1990, chassis 88523 was purchased by the Brunei Royal Family as part of the fast expanding collection being put together by the Sultan and…
Read MoreIn total, ten McLaren F1s were delivered to the Brunei Royal Family. Of these, five were standard F1 road cars (chassis 002, 004, 005, 008 and 014), one was an F1 GTR (chassis 09R), three were to F1…
Read MoreChassis LM1 was the first of five consecutively numbered F1 LM production cars manufactured after McLaren’s prototype (chassis XP LM). Of the F1 LM quintet sold to customers, one went to…
Read MoreChassis KLA12817 was one of eight Countach 25th Anniversaries delivered to the Brunei Royal Family. As head of state, absolute monarch and head of government, the Sultan, Hassanal Bolkiah, was in…
Read MoreChassis 30015 was one of 37 Aston Martin V8 Volantes built with coachwork by Zagato and one of 27 completed in 1988. It was configured in Vulcan Black with Black upholstery, right-hand drive and…
Read MoreThe Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, was already a serious buyer of high end cars while still Crown Prince of the Southeast Asian kingdom during the mid-to-late 1960s; during studies at the Royal…
Read MoreBecause Italian entrepreneur Romano Artioli had to revive Bugatti from scratch and simultaneously elected to create a state-of-art new car using bespoke parts throughout, the EB110 project must rank…
Read MoreA few months after Chrysler took control of Automobili Lamborghini from the Mimram Group, a subtly updated version of the formidable Countach Quattrovalvole was released. The most…
Read MoreChassis 80756 was completed in 1989 as a standard left-hand drive Euro market F40 in the only colour that was offered by Ferrari: Rosso Corsa with seats trimmed in red fabric upholstery. The car…
Read MoreAfter Bugatti had unveiled the EB110 SS at Geneva in March 1992, the Brunei Royal Family placed an order for the first three production cars: chassis SS39001, SS39002 and SS39003. A fourth…
Read MoreChassis 56655 started life as a conventional left-hand drive 288 GTO painted Rosso Corsa with Nero leather upholstery. In June 1985 the car was delivered to its first owner, Filea SpA, a financial…
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